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Dennis W. Archer Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, sixteen42 ventures
Ron Bartell
Owner, Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles
Sandy K. Baruah
President and Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber
Dave Bing
Former Mayor, City of Detroit
John Hope Bryant
Founder and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc.; Founder, Bryant Group Ventures
Gwendolyn Hatten Butler
Vice Chairwoman and Chief Marketing Officer, Capri Investment Group
Brian Calley
President and Chief Executive Officer, Small Business Association of Michigan
Carolyn Cassin
President and CEO, Michigan Women Forward; General Partner, BELLE Michigan Impact Fund
Craig D’Agostini
Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Comcast
Devita Davison
Director, FoodLab Detroit
Joe DeBose
Co-founder, Boots on the Ground
Mike Duggan
Mayor, City of Detroit
Clark Durant
President, The New Common School Foundation
Matt Elliott
Sustainability Executive, Business and Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America Michigan
Craig Fahle
General Manager, Broadcast and Programming, WDET; Host, “The Craig Fahle Show”
Nolan Finley
Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News; Contributor, One Detroit and DPTV
Michael Ford
CEO, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan
John George
CEO and Co-founder, Motor City Blight Busters Inc.
Tom Goddeeris
Executive Director, Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation
Tatiana Grant
Co-founder, Flash Delivery; President, Infused Public Relations and Events
U. Renee Hall
Deputy Chief, Neighborhood Policing Bureau, Detroit Police Department
Ken Harris
President and CEO, Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce Inc.
Anthony Hatinger
Co-founder, Detroit Ento
Arlyssa Heard
Parent Leader and Education Organizer, 482Forward
Stephen Henderson
Executive Advisor, BridgeDetroit; Host, Detroit Today and American Black Journal
Lauren Hood
Acting Director, Live6 Alliance-Detroit
Daniel Howes
Business Columnist and Associate Business Editor, The Detroit News
Quincy Jones
Executive Director, Osborn Neighborhood Alliance
Nancy Kaffer
Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Gabe Karp
Partner, Detroit Venture Partners
Luther Keith
Executive Director, ARISE Detroit!
Rev. Oscar King III
Pastor, Northwest Unity Baptist Church; Detroit Practice Leader, Kelley Cawthorne
Theodore Kozerski
Co-founder, Detroit Ento
Dave Maraniss
Associate Editor, The Washington Post; Best-selling Author, “Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story”
Christy McDonald
Special Correspondent and Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC
Kristen McDonald
Vice President, Program and Policy, The Skillman Foundation
Karen McPhee
Education Policy Advisor to the Governor, State of Michigan
Rodrick Miller
President and CEO, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Andrew Munro
Execution Team Manager, Bridges to Homeownership Program
Faye Alexander Nelson
Michigan Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Crystal Nickson
Financial Management Counselor, HOPE Inside-Detroit
Diana Nucera
Community Technology Director, Allied Media Projects
Jerry Paffendorf
Marlin Page
Founder, Sisters Code
Huel Perkins
Anchor, WJBK-TV 2, FOX
Rochelle Riley
Director, Arts and Culture, City of Detroit
Melissa Roy
Executive Director, Advancing Macomb
Jarret Schlaff
CEO and Co-founder, Boots on the Ground
Devin Scillian
Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC
Justine Sheu
CEO and Co-founder, Pro:Up
Jennette Smith
Editor, Crain’s Detroit Business
Chuck Stokes
Editorial and Public Affairs Director, WXYZ-TV 7
Margaret Tallet
Chief Community Engagement Officer, Michigan Women’s Foundation
Rashida Tlaib
Community Partnerships and Development Director, Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice
Laura Trudeau
Managing Director, Community Development and Detroit, The Kresge Foundation
Dan Varner
President and CEO, Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit
Linzie Venegas
Vice President, The Ideal Group Inc.
James Ward, Jr.
President, Greenacres Woodward Community Radio Patrol
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